Welcome once again to all the gossip and goings from Cleobury Mortimer golf club. Once again we have loads to report, some exciting news from Amy, some Black Friday deals plus much more!

Amy is already being a scrooge and put a Christmas decoration ban on within the shop as in her words “we are hardly even in November”, the decor will be going up this weekend and Bublé will be on repeat!

The course is continuing to look great, with buggies out on Badgers and Foxes this past weekend. The greens are rolling nice and true and we are still on full tees across all 27 holes. Long may this continue!

If you have played recently you will notice the new yellow and red tee markers are now out on the course to go with the white. A big thank you once again to Mark Greenfield of MG Shopfronts and MG Garage Doors. If you need a garage door give him an email sales@mgshopfronts.com.

Mark’s generosity for the club has been huge this year and now Mark Watson of Watsons Metal Polishers LTD has something special lined up to complete the white markers (watch this space). The club are very thankful for members like the two Mark’s and our other sponsors within the club; it is little touches like this that set us apart.

Thank you.

Shop news

Black Friday

A special mail hit your inbox on Monday outlining our special Black Friday offers these are now live in store and will be on show all weekend.

It is a great time to either grab a bargain for yourself or be super organised and get a present in early.

These are in our opinion the best deals of the weekend.

2 leather gloves - £14

Selected golf shirts 2 for £22

Under Armour 2 item combos from £35

20 MacGregor golf balls £12.50

Logo Balls

The new Fluorescent golf balls have been a big hit at CMGC, so we decided to get 54 dozen ordered with our logo! That means there is 648 bright balls going to be scattered over CMGC in the coming weeks. I (Dave) played with a pink one last week and they are a great winter balls. They feel a bit tinnie off the driver and hard off the putter, but irons and wedges they are top notch.

Give them a go, 3 for £5, try one of each colour they really do make it easier to see one sunny frosty days and in the rough.

We’re running Give a Garmin

You've probably seen TV adverts in the past promoting Give a Garmin and now we’re running it, too! With Christmas fast approaching it’s time to switch your attention to presents that you’re going to buy for others, as well as gifts that you’d like to receive yourself. Well, for a limited time only, you can save up to £50 on selected Garmin golf GPS products, including their popular S20 watch, and compact G8 and G30 handheld devices.

The first five, 45-minute golf lessons will cover all aspects of the game and then lesson six and seven will be a combined lesson to cover 9 holes of golf, putting into practice everything that has been learned. (Please note lessons 6 and 7 are combined, for one, 9-hole lesson). Complete with a FREE dozen Titleist DT TruSoft balls worth £20. Note: Only 4 available

Ultimate Day - £150

Forget the normal 9-5, instead have a CMGC 9-5! This is an intense day of coaching including breakfast, lunch and a well-deserved drink after the day. Every element of the game is covered in this action packed, but fun filled day from 9am until 5pm. Complete with a FREE dozen Titleist DT TruSoft balls worth £20. Note: Only 3 available

Lessons can be purchased online here, over the phone or via the CMGC shop. Purchases over the phone or online will include a voucher posted to the address given and the balls can be redeemed on first lesson. Purchases made in store will receive balls and vouchers there and then.

Please note all lessons come with an 8-month validation period from day of purchase.

As most of you know I (Amy) am part of the Love.Golf Coaching group! On the 6th/7th November they held their annual Conference in Birmingham where all the coaches came together to discuss ideas, changes and moving forward for 2018 as well as experiences from 2017.

Day 1 consisted of a 2017 review, brainstorming new and adventurous ideas, marketing and analysing general data on Ladies Golf! A full on day with loads to take forward and implement next year!

A great day was finished by an amazing meal at the Marco Pierre White Steak house in Birmingham admiring the Birmingham Sky Line!

Day 2 we headed over to University of Birmingham to view the new state of the art sports facilities, as well as chat to Matt Bridges who is one of the lecturers at the University.

Overall the conference was a great experience, with loads learnt to take forward for 2018 as well as sharing ideas with other coaches to also implement, plus I won an award for best Love.Golf social media coach!

Can you spot me amongst the other coaches?

Amy’s Year 3 PGA Residential

I remember writing about my 2nd Year residential back in February and how the last few months have flown by! I can’t believe that I’m now a 3rd Year PGA Assistant with my degree near completion and qualifying to be a full PGA Professional in my sights!

This year’s residential was by far the best to date! It’s incredible how in a short few days, the amount I have learnt! As always each day takes on a different subject, with a lecturer that predominantly works in that area!

Monday we had talks from numerous people all with a relation to the PGA, whether this was to do with our future, CPD courses or career progression!

Tuesday was my favourite day of the week as it was all about golf coaching! We conducted lessons on short game, observed other experienced coaches teach, as well as video analysis and so much more!

Wednesday was a massive eye opener in how much a golfer’s physical ability can affect their golf swing! As we related golf coaching to sport science! We conducted a golf lesson to a regular golfer as a case study and then tested their physical ability through a number of screening tests to see whether any swing faults were due to their physical ability! The results are incredible and it’s fascinating to see why, if we do have certain swing faults, it could be because we have a weakness somewhere in our body!

Thursday was Business, which may not be the most exciting, but probably the most important! A lot was covered which included running a business, making business plans, analgising strengths and weaknesses of a business and setting goals!

Finally the last day was Equipment Technology! Same as last year’s residential there was an equipment exam; this year’s exam was working with graphite. This consisted of removing a graphite shaft from a head without damaging it, cleaning it up and then re-gluing it! I feel that this went well, so hopefully fingers crossed I have passed!

I can’t believe that this was my last residential at The Belfry for my PGA training! I have met some great people over the 3 residentials and learnt so much! I’m looking forward to completing my PGA training and being a full PGA Professional! A massive thank you to all the PGA staff for putting on a great week.

Club news

Ladies Results

It's now winter golf and the start of the Winter Order of Merit (WOM). For the first of our WOM competitions, the weather was kind to us and the course was holding up very well despite the previous night’s rain.

We had some good scores in, 1st place was won by Nina Ford with 33pts, second was Heather Pringle 32pts and third Gloria Bullock 29pts.The next Winter Order of Merit is 15th November, then 29th November and open to all ladies to join in.

Have a great golfing week and we will see you out on the fairways.

November Stableford Results

Everyone seems to be loving a good bit of winter golf here at CMGC. The scoring from Saturday’s competition was very good with 8 players shooting under their handicaps. What was even better is the fact that two new faces picked up top prize in their divisions.

Tim Whitehouse shot a very impressive 40 points to sneak his close friend Nick Firth to top spot. In division 1, three players also shot 40 points. Greg Shorter, Ash Cook and Karl Tyers all had to be split apart by countback. Greg pipped Karl, who pipped Ash! Unlucky Ash, shooting 40 points and winning nothing!

Well done to all that played, next week it’s a Double Stableford whereby you can play either Saturday or Sunday with the best 3 scores of the weekend picking up prizes. Sign up in the Pro Shop.

Have a great golfing week everyone and if your looking for a game or lessons please get in touch.

The CMGC Team.

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